Casey-Swasey & Co./ Superior Brewing Co./ Collier Industries – 1001 Jones Street (at E. Ninth Street)

1001 Jones Street (at E. Ninth Street), Casey-Swasey & Co./Superior Brewing Co./Collier Industries, c. 1893; c. 1941. Casey-Swasey & Co., a wholesale liquor, wine, and cigar dealer constructed this building about 1893 to house its stock and operations.  Founded in 1873, it was one of Fort Worth’s pioneer businesses. During Prohibition the firm changed its name to the Casey-Swasey Cigar Co., pragmatically dropping its liquor sales.  Superior Brewing Co. took over the building about 1932, purchasing the facility in 1936. When brewery operations ceased, the building was sold in 1941 to Fort Worth Poultry and Egg Co., a division of Collier Industries.  The warehouse, with its rusticated stone base and high, narrow windows was a typical example of late nineteenth-century industrial architecture.  When Collier acquired the brick structure, major changes were made.  The building was stuccoed and the windows were either replaced or filled in.  Operated as an egg drying plant, the facility produced powdered eggs which were supplied to the military during World War II.  After the war, the building housed the shipping department for Collier Industries.  In poor condition, the warehouse was demolished about 1985, and the land used for parking.  This listing is retained in the survey for documentary purposes.

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